Cause Unusual: Too Many Customers Cut Air Conditioner Supply
Syracuse story notes a buyer’s market forming as pre season price cuts and rising inventories of room air conditioners appear. Industry spokesmen cite threefold growth in window coolers over two years, with about 900000 sold yearly and a goal of 1.2 million this summer as 50 firms battle for market share. Prices fall, dealers seek inventory discipline, and firms push quieter, more colorful models.
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Sam Dawson
Syracuse
N.Y
Ana Tite
Carrier Corp
Cloud Wampler
Carrier
Comanche Servicemen To Be Honored By War Dance
Two Comanche service members Raphie Coosewoon and Gary Evans will be honored with a war dance Sunday at 2 p.m. at the residence of Mrs. Lizzie Hart near Geronimo. Edgar Monetathchi will be master of ceremonies with George Smith among the dancers. supper at 5:30 p.m. and a night dance at 7:30 p.m. Public invited.
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Lizzie Hart
Geronimo
Raphie Coosewoon
Gary Evans
Edgar Monetathchi
Lawton
Act
Ing
George Smith
Evans
Ethelene Pordillo
Coosewoon
Hart
Roxie Tahdoonipper
Frank C. Carter Dies At Capital
OKLAHOMA CITY May 21 Frank C. Carter 91 longtime public servant known as Uncle Frank and Colonel Carter died in the capital. He served as auditor secretary of state and sheriff before statehood. Funeral arrangements are pending at Street and Draper Funeral home. Carter helped with oil proration hearings and aggressive law enforcement in early Oklahoma. Born in LaGrange Texas he moved to Oklahoma in 1901.
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Frank C. Carter
Street
Draper Funeral Home
Carter
Frank
Oklahoma
Tillman County
Tillman Lea
Corporation Commission
LaGrange
Tex
Cityan's Suspended Sentence Revoked in Forgery Case
Judge Bob Landers revoked Cityan's suspended sentence and added another year. Jessie, a 27 year old Lawton man, is charged with attempting to pass a $50 forged check last Saturday at J C Penney Co. The suspended sentence was handed down last year.
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Bob Landers
Jessie
Lawton
J. C. Penney Co
Texas Man Back In County Jail
William D. Smith, formerly of Texas now living in Lawton, is detained in the county jail awaiting extradition papers from Chillicothe. Smith, detained for the third time this month after bondsmen sought release, faces a burglary charge in Chillicothe for a house break.
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William D. Smith
Lawton
Chillicothe
Tex
Smith
Marvin Cameron
Lee
Lawton Students Win Top Honors At East Central
Lawton residents Herschelin and Miss Sue Boucher earned top honors at East Central State College Ada during the annual Honors Assembly. Boucher won an Alpha Honor Society membership award while Sahmount received four awards and lettering in both basketball and baseball, including the Wil ey and Black Ww honors.
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Herschelin
Sue Boucher
Lawton
East Central State College
Ada
Boucher
Alpha Honor Society
Sahmount
Ten Years Ago In Our Town Yesteryear
The Constitution's Yesteryear recalls events from a decade past. J H Porter or Elmer Thomas deaths noted from a distant relative visit. Dr Oren C Reid guest speaker at Flower Mound. Police recover stolen car for Mrs Russell A Williams. Jack Walton campaigns for governor locally. Hazel Shull on honor roll at Oklahoma A&M. Mrs L Hansen hosts London Bridge Club. Arthur Cavanaugh John Cease Rosemary Thomas honored at St Mary's. Sheriff Elmer Bauman warns against speeding on highways. Wichita Falls Boosters visit Lawton. Oil well drilled on Seay ranch 172 miles east of town. Mrs Robert Keely visits from Oklahoma.
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Elmer Thomas
Oren C. Reid
First Baptist Church
Flower Mound
Russell A. Williams
Jack Walton
Hazel Shull
Oklahoma A&m
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London Bridge Club
Arthur Cavanaugh
John Cease
Rosemary Thomas
St. Mary's
Elmer Bauman
Wichita Falls
Lawton
Seay Ranch
Robert Keely
Oklahoma
I. Johnson
Lawton school plans face funding limits and growth
Shoemaker outlined that building funds remain tight for Lawton schools. A new auditorium costs about 200000 dollars, with federal aid funding over 1400000 already allocated due to many federally affected students. Additional federal money is unlikely, and entitlement funding may fund a Greer addition and an undesignated site. About 40 percent of students are federally affected. Planned cafeteria expansion, a school warehouse, and cold storage facilities are proposed. Segregation remains a state law issue. locally nothing can change until state taxation and laws shift, with nonsegregated instruction restricted and district-level tax support for Negro schools.
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Shoemaker
Lawton
Congress
Greer
Douglass
Lawton High School
U. S. Supreme Court
Second Wheat Load Comes To Elevator
Oklahoma's second load of the 1954 wheat arrived at Walters elevator Thursday afternoon. Vernon tested 63 pounds weight and 14.07 moisture with an average yield of 15 bushels of unusually good quality. First wheat was brought to Randlett by T. L. Spurlock at 1:20 p.m. yesterday. Harvest is expected to begin soon. Tillman county elevators do not expect field work before next week. A separate note: a physical education department will be created. auto mechanics will be offered next year to broaden useful courses for non college bound students. A man named Hill, listed in police files, is accused of assault in an unrelated case and is jailed.
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Oklahoma
Vernon
Hart
Cotton County
Friels
Randlett
T. L. Spurlock
Tillman County
Shoemaker
Trial Ordered For Chickasha Man
Charlie Marlin Hill of Chickasha was bound over for trial in higher court on a charge of attempting to rape a Lawton grandmother from January 29. Hill pled innocent and waived tests, bond set at 3000 dollars. County Attorney Manville Redman presented two witnesses, the grandmother and city officer Ronald Wheatley, who testified after she called for help.
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Charlie Marlin Hill
Chickasha
Lawton
Marvin Cameron Hill
Manville Redman
Ronald Wheatley
Wheatley
Gene Ellison Named Chief Rifle Group Instructor
Gene Ellison of 2121 Lake has been elected chief rifle instructor of the newly organized Comanche County Junior Rifle Club of Lawton. The chartered group is restricted to members under 19 with officers Bridges as president Hamilton as vice president Walter Agué as executive officer Richard Hamilton as secretary and treasurer.
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Gene Ellison
Lake
Comanche County Junior Rifle Club
Lawton
We 4 Bridges
Louis Hamiton
Peter Oe
Walter Ague
Richard Hamilton
Crime Commission Chief Rules Out Window Peeping Tactics
Stephens of the Oklahoma Crime Commission, named chair, pledges a crime prevention role and rejects a surveillance style operation. He said the agency would not focus on catching lawbreakers if conditions continue to breed crime.
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Crime Commission
Stphens
Oxabee
Oklahomans Oe
Stephens
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